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This Mosquito Flamethrower Will Zap Those Buggers to Ashes

Mosquito Flamethrower

Mosquitoes bugging you while you’re taking your afternoon nap? Johannes Vogl has come up with a solution, but it seems like something that might do more harm than good when it’s in the wrong hands: the Mosquito Flamethrower. Vogl actually came up with it last 2005, but it’s making the rounds once again thanks to the BugASalt.

Despite its extreme nature, the Mosquito Flamethrower seems like the more humane alternative compared to the BugASalt. Note that the latter kills the targeted insects by shooting tiny salt pellets right at them–and right into their eyes. Sounds like a painful way to die, doesn’t it? On the other hand, one zap with the Flamethrower will incinerate those bad guys so fast that they won’t know what hit them. Heck, they won’t even have time to feel the pain because they’ll be dead and gone in an instant.

VIA [ Bit Rebels ]

Mosquito Inspired Needle Takes Away The Pain Of Vaccinations

By Jonathan Kimak

The prospect of going to the doctor to get vaccination shots can be a total nightmare for kids and even adults. Some of that fear of needles can be attributed more to the intimidating size of the needle than the actual injection. Now a new needle has eliminated the size and the sting.

This microneedle, being designed at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Tokai University of Japan was created to emulate a mosquito. The needle is only 60 microns in diameter(compared to a regular needle’s 900 micron diameter) and draws blood via a micro-electro-mechanical based suction system that emulates the method mosquitos use to suck out your blood and make you claw at your skin hoping for the pain to go away.

The needle is made of titanium to help prevent snapping and it is hoped to be used in medical processes such as glucose monitoring, insulin shots and drawing blood.

[ Medgadget ] VIA Ubergizmo ]